about the project Jord den Hollander was invited by Proeftuin Twente to stay in the municipality of Wierden for a month. Den Hollander wondered how Wierden is seen by inhabitants and visitors. Maybe each person creates his or her own picture of the village. Den Hollander decided to research this by inventing a sound safari.

To make the tour you have to take the car and keep windows and doors closed. Then drive the route on the map and listen to the different tracks on the CD. By means of stories, songs or information, the tracks give impressions of the different areas you cross. With these tracks Den Hollander ‘imposes’ an identity on every location. An identity you can not investigate for yourself because you’re observing the agricultural surroundings as an outsider - inside your car.

This project is part of ‘Proeftuin Twente’, a project that researches the cultural characteristics of Twente in order to use the results for future developments in the area. For the period of a month 14 artists lived in the 14 municipalities of Twente in a mobile laboratory.